Charles Dickens

 PART ONE

 CHAPTER I

 THE DICKENS PERIOD

 CHAPTER II

 THE BOYHOOD OF DICKENS

 CHAPTER III

 THE YOUTH OF DICKENS

 CHAPTER IV

 CHAPTER V

 THE GREAT POPULARITY

 CHAPTER VI

 DICKENS AND AMERICA

 PART TWO

 CHAPTER VII

 DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS

 CHAPTER VIII

 THE TIME OF TRANSITION

 CHAPTER IX

 LATER LIFE AND WORKS

 CHAPTER X

 THE GREAT DICKENS CHARACTERS

 CHAPTER XI

 ON THE ALLEGED OPTIMISM OF DICKENS

 CHAPTER XII

 A NOTE ON THE FUTURE OF DICKENS

PART TWO

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Charles Dickens

PART TWO

CONTENTS

* CHAPTER VII DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS * CHAPTER VIII THE TIME OF TRANSITION * CHAPTER IX LATER LIFE AND WORKS * CHAPTER X THE GREAT DICKENS CHARACTERS * CHAPTER XI ON THE ALLEGED OPTIMISM OF DICKENS * CHAPTER XII A NOTE ON THE FUTURE OF DICKENS